By LEONARD GRAY

LAPLACE – A 31-year-old LaPlace man was booked with aggravated rape Monday for allegedly raping a mentally disabled teen-ager.

According to Capt. Michael Tregre of the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office, this is the second time Terrell Williams, of 1301 Cambridge Drive, has faced an aggravated rape charge. Williams pleaded guilty to raping a 9-year-old girl in St. John Parish in June 1996.

He was released from prison in March and registered with the sheriff’s office as a convicted sex offender.

In the most recent incident, the alleged victim is a 17-year-old Kenner girl who was diagnosed at age two with Lennox-Gaustaut Syndrome. The degenerative brain disease leaves the teen-ager with a mental capacity of a 12-year-old and a diminished sense of right and wrong. Tregre said the girl had been walking along the Airport Access Road in Kenner Sunday around 5 p.m., headed for a friend’s residence, when a car pulled alongside and the driver offered her a ride. Before she realized it, the vehicle was passing over the Bonnet Carre Spillway bridge on Airline Drive, headed toward LaPlace.

The teen-ager told investigators she was taken to a residence in Cambridge Subdivision, where she was undressed and raped. Then the perpetrator drove her back to Kenner to her intended destination, from where she called her mother.

The victim was able to describe the vehicle, even to the license plate number, and the house, inside and out, according to Tregre. Williams was arrested Monday, based on information provided by the teen-ager. He is being held in the Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Center.